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Provedor de dados: | Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
País: | United States
Título: | Investing in agrochemicals in the cocoa sector of Côte d’Ivoire: Hypotheses, evidence and policy implications
Autores: | Nkamleu,   Guy Blaise; Keho,   Yaya; Gockowski,   James; David,   Soniia.
Data: | 2010-01-29
Ano: | 2007
Palavras-chave: | Chemical input; Tobit model; Cocoa sector; Socioeconomic factors; Côte d’Ivoire; Crop Production/Industries.
Resumo: | This paper presents empirical evidence to show how socioeconomic factors affect the adoption of and investment in agrochemicals in the cocoa sector of Côte d’Ivoire. The analysis uses primary farm-level data collected in 2002 from a nationally representative sample of more than one thousand cocoa farmers. The study describes the status of the adoption of various chemical inputs and uses a multiplicative heteroscedastic Tobit model to identify and quantify the impact of the socioeconomic environment on the incentive to invest. The results generally show that farmer, household and village characteristics are all important in explaining the farmers’ decisions. The paper concludes by outlining a number of implications for strategic targeting of farmers and locations. These should serve as entry points for a successful diffusion of efficient pest, disease and soil management programs.
Tipo: | Journal Article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://purl.umn.edu/57015
Relação: | African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics&gt;Volume 01, Number 2, September 2007
Formato: | 22